Renewable energy and energy efficiency projects continue to perform strongly in the World Bank Group (WBG) energy … portfolio and are increasingly being mainstreamed in the WBG's energy lending. In fiscal 2007 a total of US$1,433 million … supported 63 renewable energy and energy efficiency projects in 32 countries. In addition to operational activities, the WBG …

The challenge for the development community is to exploit the links between energy and poverty to combat global poverty … countries. It leads to 2 million premature deaths a year. In 2004, the richest 20 percent of the world s population consume 58 … percent of total energy, while the poorest 20 percent consume less than 4 percent. The majority of those underserved are the …

This policy note is a summary of the findings of a joint study of the Energy Research Institute of the National … Development and Reform Commission, and the World Bank. The policy note is organized as follows: the next section, 'in the shadow … of king coal,' provides a brief history of the development of renewable energy (RE) in China during the last three …

Achieving global goals for access to energy and mitigation of climate change will require a quadrupling of present … power generation in the developing world by 2025. To reach this objective, large amounts of private funding will have to be … renewable energy (RE) projects for consideration by the private sector. To develop such bankable pipelines, countries must take …

Three billion people will be added to the world's population over the next 50 years and 2.8 billion people today …

Three billion people will be added to the world's population over the next 50 years and 2.8 billion people today …

. Being multisectoral, it escapes focused attention during project design. Recently, however, the World Bank conducted a study …

Three billion people will be added to the world ' s population over the next 50 years and 2.8 billion people today … integrally with economic growth. Now in its 25th edition, this year ' s World Development Report examines, over a 50 year period …, and protecting the environment. The World Development Report 2003 emphasizes that many good policies have been identified …